I’ve studied people with uncanny abilities – card counters who can beat the house, self-taught artists, people who can remember an unbelievable amount of information. Here’s the thing: These weren’t innate skills – they were acquired.
BERIT BROGAARDThere are various ways to do it, but I believe the easiest is by training yourself in a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia, in which the brain makes unusual associations between things like sounds, colors and emotions.
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We consciously use only a small portion of our brain, but we’re constantly performing complex operations in other areas even though we’re unaware of it.
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There are various ways to do it, but I believe the easiest is by training yourself in a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia, in which the brain makes unusual associations between things like sounds, colors and emotions.
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The left is in charge of much of our organized thought and decision-making and tends to suppress the right side, which generally rules creative activities.
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Savants gain access to unconscious areas when the brain’s bossy left hemisphere is muted.
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